Former Employees Suing Prudential for Benefit Fraud Seek Mass Tort Status
The New Jersey Topmost Court is considering mass-tort treatment for claims by hundreds of former Prudential Insurance Co. workers that the convention conspired with a New York law firm to bamboozle them out of employment benefits.
Angela Roper, who represents 161 of the 236 plaintiffs, said in an operation made public Monday that coordinated discovery and special masters would alleviate resolve the seven-year-old matter.
The cases have been consolidated with Essex County Higher Court Judge Sebastian Lombardi, but months of determining and depositions remain and Roper says the case needs additional judiciary resources and expertise of the staff that runs the mass tort program.
If accepted, the legal remedy would be different from the 18 matters now on the mass-tort docket. The bruited about list involves environmental claims or allegations that medical products are faulty. A key question for the courts is whether torts such as bribery and legal malpractice are befitting for mass management.